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~ "Coconut Skins" by: Damien Rice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pam_JXSLqZE

Yes, I realize how clich� this is. I don't really know what else to say about it, other than the fact that I'm not at all happy with the outcome haha.

This is one of my favourite songs ever.

You can sit on chimneys
Put some fire up your ass
No need to know what you're doing or waiting for
But if anyone should ask..
Tell them I've been lickin' coconut skins
And we've been hanging out
Tell them God just dropped by to forgive our sins
And relieve us our doubt

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Iran, on the road, July 2010

A. Davey posted a photo:

Kerman, Iran.

A. Davey posted a photo:

Kerman, Iran.

A. Davey posted a photo:

Kerman, Iran.

A. Davey posted a photo:

Kerman, Iran.

Mari Rasti posted a photo:

A. Davey posted a photo:

Having just posted scores of close-up photographs of Islamic tile, I feel I owe it to my viewers to provide an image of a whole building and its entire tilework scheme.

So here it is.

I think it's a marvel, but then I have a thing about Islamic tile. . .

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A. Davey posted a photo:

Mosque, Kerman, Iran

A. Davey posted a photo:

This series of photos documents the faceted tile at the apex of the eyvan on a mosque in Kerman, Iran.

This is the third of four photos that capture the faceted tiling from its starting point to where it ends near the top of the eyvan,

The eyvan is the arched structure that dominates the fronts of mosques, extending as it does from ground level to just a few feet from the roof.

While I find all Islamic tile fascinating in its complexity and its inspired use of form and color, it's the area beneath the apex of the eyvan I admire most.

What appeals to me about it is the emergence of faceted tile that covers the surface starting at the point where the walls begin to curve inward, continuing almost to the very apex of the eyvan.

A. Davey posted a photo:

This group of photos documents the faceted tile at the apex of the eyvan on a mosque in Kerman, Iran.

This is the fourth and final photo in a series that capture the faceted tiling from its starting point to where it ends near the top of the eyvan,

The eyvan is the arched structure that dominates the fronts of mosques, extending as it does from ground level to just a few feet from the roof.

While I find all Islamic tile fascinating in its complexity and its inspired use of form and color, it's the area beneath the apex of the eyvan I admire most.

What appeals to me about it is the emergence of faceted tile that covers the surface starting at the point where the walls begin to curve inward, continuing almost to the very apex of the eyvan.

A. Davey posted a photo:

This series of photos documents the faceted tile at the apex of the eyvan on a mosque in Kerman, Iran.

This is the second of four photos that capture the faceted tiling from its starting point to where it ends near the top of the eyvan,

The eyvan is the arched structure that dominates the fronts of mosques, extending as it does from ground level to just a few feet from the roof.

While I find all Islamic tile fascinating in its complexity and its inspired use of form and color, it's the area beneath the apex of the eyvan I admire most.

What appeals to me about it is the emergence of faceted tile that covers the surface starting at the point where the walls begin to curve inward, continuing almost to the very apex of the eyvan.

Mari Rasti posted a photo:

A. Davey posted a photo:

This series of photos documents the faceted tile at the apex of the eyvan on a mosque in Kerman, Iran.

The eyvan is the arched structure that dominates the fronts of mosques, extending as it does from ground level to just a few feet from the roof.

While I find all Islamic tile fascinating in its complexity and its inspired use of form and color, it's the area beneath the apex of the eyvan I admire most.

What appeals to me about it is the emergence of faceted tile that covers the surface starting at the point where the walls begin to curve inward, continuing almost to the very apex of the eyvan.

Seen here is the last section of flat tile and the first part of the faceted tilework.

A. Davey posted a photo:

Mosque, Kerman, Iran.

A. Davey posted a photo:

Mosque, Kerman, Iran.

Mari Rasti posted a photo:

A. Davey posted a photo:

Faceted mosaic tiling, mosque, Kerman, Iran.

A. Davey posted a photo:

Mosque, Kerman, Iran.